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It is 125 years today since Yasunari Kawabata was born.
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer born in Osaka. He came from an educated, wealthy family, but he lost his parents at an early age and his only sibling, a sister, died when he was nine years old. These childhood traumas came to inform his writing. After growing up with his maternal grandfather in the countryside, Kawabata read English and Japanese literature at...
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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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![Författarporträtt av Owens, Delia](images/writer/7779/627b6e6638a36ccbe0db784d7e1aed66043888b6dc3d0.jpg)
Owens, Delia
1949 -
The American zoologist Delia Owens didn’t make her debut as a literary author until she was almost seventy years old. B...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Bernhard, Thomas](images/writer/177/177_20130830125851_Large.jpg)
Bernhard, Thomas
1931 - 1989
Thomas Bernhard was born near Maastricht in the Netherlands and grew up in Henndorf, Austria. He never knew his father, who...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Proust, Marcel](images/writer/1401/1401_20120204111643.jpg)
Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922
French author, born in the village of Auteuil. His father was a prominent physician who had worked himself up and...
Further reading![Portrait image of Julian Symons](images/writer/1681/619ae713cfd017e9ef0b30601d6d2aeaa1f7b18ee8a5c.jpg)
Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994
Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...
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